April 29, 2014 |Francisca Ortega

In the post-Apocalypse, order is all-important. We know this, not only because that makes intuitive sense, but because, just in the last few months, we've seen "Snowpiercer" and "Divergent," which also deal with what happens after a civil collapse. "The Giver," the latest in this weird trend, approaches a now-familiar topic from a new angle, and, of the three, it's the most visually arresting.

In the post-Apocalypse, order is all-important. We know this, not only because that makes intuitive sense, but because, just in the last few months, we've seen "Snowpiercer" and "Divergent," which also deal with what happens after a civil collapse. "The Giver," the latest in this weird trend, approaches a now-familiar topic from a new angle, and, of the three, it's the most visually arresting.